Window-shade fixture



H. E. MANNING.

WINDOW- SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED .IAN.2|,1920.

Patented June 29, 1920.

HENRY E. MANNING, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1920.

Application filed January 21, 1920. Serial No. 353,067.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. MANNING, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVindow-Shade Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the char acters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in

Figure 1, a face View illustrating a win (low-shade fixture constructedin accordance with my invention and mounted upon a windowcasing.

Fig. 2, a side view of the same.

Fig. 3, a broken transverse sectional view thrinlgh the window-shadebracket.

This invention relates to an improve ment in window-shade fixtures, andparticularly to fixtures which provide means for adjusting thesl'iade-roller at any desired elevation, the object of the inventionbeing to provide simple means by which the shade may be convenientlymounted and readily adjusted to any position between the top and bottomof the window-easing; and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In rarrying out my invention, I employ two guideways and G which arearranged on opposite sides of the window-casing from which they areslightly oflset. These guides may be secured by screws 7 as shown at thetop, or they may be entered into sockets 8 secured to the windowpi sing,as shown at the bottom of Figs. 1 and Q. Mounted upon these guides areslides 9 and 10, being formed from spring metal and adjustably connectedwith the guides 5 and 6 by clips 11 and i2. Preferably, the lower clips12 will be provided with linger-pieces l3 by whi h the slides may bemoved up and down upon the guide-ways. Adjustably connected with each ofthe slides is a window-shade bracket 14, these brackets being providedwith the usual means for supporting a shade-roller 15 upon which a shade16 -is mounted in the usual manner. Preferably, and as herein shown, theusual shade-bar 17 at the bottom of the shade is provided with tongues18 which project outward beneath the guide-ways 5 and 6 which hold thebottom of the shade close against the window-casing, although thisfeature is not necessarily employed.

The window-shade brackets l l are formed at the outer ends of plates 19and 20 which are slotted at their inner ends and connected by bolts 21whereby the shades may be adjusted for varying widths of windows. Theshade-brackets are also each formed with an upimrdly-projected springlinger 22 which bears upon the outer faces of the slides 9 and 10 so asto have frictional e11- gagement therewith. With this construction, thebrackets may be adjusted vertically upon the slides and the slidesadjusted vertically upon the guide-ways and so that the shade-roller maybe located at any desired point between the top and bottom of thewindow-casing. hen at the top, the lower ends of the slides are inconvenient position to be grasped so that the shaderoller may be pulleddownward with the slides i then pulled downward upon the slides iffurther movement is desired.

I claim:

1. A shade fixture comprising a pair of guide-ways arranged parallelwith each other on opposite sides of a window-casing and extending fromtop to bottom thereof, slides shorter than said guide-ways adjustablymounted thereon, and a window-shade bracket adjustably mounted upon eachof the said slides.

2. A. combination with two guide-ways secured to and oliset from awindow-casing, a slide mounted upon each of the said guideways andincluding clips at opposite ends engaging with said guide-ways, abracket formed with a clip engaging with each of the said slides, saidbrackets connected together, and the said slides formed at their l rends with finger-lit In testimony whereof I have signed thisspecification in the scribing witnesses.

HENRY E. MANNING.

presence of two sub- Witnesses:

Fnnonmo C EARLE, J. HAROLD FLYNN.

